Ch. 3

LAWS OF MARYLAND

SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, THE BOARD SHALL
WAIVE ANY EXAMINATION REQUIREMENT OF THIS SUBTITLE FOR AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO IS LICENSED TO PRACTICE COSMETOLOGY IN ANOTHER
STATE.

(B) CONDITIONS.

THE BOARD MAY GRANT A WAIVER UNDER THIS SECTION ONLY IF THE
APPLICANT:

(1)  PAYS TO THE BOARD AN APPLICATION FEE OF $25; AND

(2)  PROVIDES ADEQUATE EVIDENCE THAT THE APPLICANT:

(I)  MEETS THE QUALIFICATIONS OTHERWISE REQUIRED
BY THIS SUBTITLE; AND

(II)  BECAME LICENSED IN THE OTHER STATE AFTER
MEETING, IN THAT OR ANY OTHER STATE, REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE AT
LEAST EQUIVALENT TO THE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS OF THIS STATE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from the first sentence of
former Art. 56, § 484(a) and rephrased in standard
language now used throughout the revised articles for
provisions that allow or require waiver of examination
requirements.

In subsection (b)(2)(ii) of this section, the phrase
"in ... any other state" is added to provide expressly
that the Board may waive the examination requirements
for a cosmetologist on the basis of a license that,
in turn, was acquired by waiver on the basis of
licensure in another state. This phrase, which is
included in comparable provisions throughout the Code
and which conforms to the practice of the Board,
allows the Board to give fair consideration under this
section to a cosmetologist who, in the course of a
professional career, practices in several states
before moving to this State to practice.

In subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the former
reference to a "territory or District of Columbia" is
deleted as unnecessary in light of the definition of
"state".

The second sentence of former Art. 56, § 484(a), which
provided that the applicant for registration as a
manager is not exempted from taking an examination, is
deleted as unnecessary as nothing in this section
purports to provide a waiver of examination
requirements for managers.

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